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Aidan Koch will be discussing environmental comics as a genre, discipline, and pedagogy. In describing how comics operate as a medium, she will outline their unique position to tell ecological stories both historically and into the future. As an artist who has worked in comics, illustration, fine art, social practice, and conservation, she will describe how her experiences have informed this insight and transformed her own work. This talk will consider how artists can shape the lens around climate change, biodiversity loss, and our relations to the earth.